Stone

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #915 for boys in 2025, 258 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1997 · 277 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,676
since 1919

Stone over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stone has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #623, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617#915258
2024#8,94611#1,045212
2023#8,05513#992222
2022#5,98420#982229
2021#5,95520#1,003218
2020#6,62917#1,058189
2019#13,7996#995211
2018#11,4278#1,107177
2017#9,94310#1,066185
2016#10,8599#1,102178
2015#13,0067#1,185156
2014#14,5586#1,082178
2013—#1,115163
2012#16,8695#1,266139
2011—#1,101168
2010—#1,098175
2009—#997198
2008—#1,009191
2007#15,4916#892225
2006—#971192
2005—#945185
2004—#925183
2003—#913182
2002—#826202
2001—#692260
2000—#718242
1999—#627288
1998—#632285
1997—#623277
1996—#699228
1995—#842164
1994—#1,135100
1993—#1,63854
1992—#2,30332
1991—#4,76011
1990—#7,1786
1989—#4,52711
1988—#5,7517
1987—#4,5739
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Stone! It came in at #3,391, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Stone is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,180 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,322 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,314 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 15,408 boysCAUtah: #505 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,541 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedWVVirginia: #963 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,150 boysVAMaryland: #430 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,209 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedDEArizona: #713 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,947 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedARTennessee: #758 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,181 boysTNNorth Carolina: #787 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,703 boysNCSouth Carolina: #671 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,200 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedALGeorgia: #738 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,881 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Stone, so not publishedHITexas: #912 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 7,659 boysTXFlorida: #1,701 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 19,335 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maryland#430 · 1 in 2,209
  2. Utah#505 · 1 in 2,541
  3. South Carolina#671 · 1 in 4,200
  4. Arizona#713 · 1 in 4,947
  5. Georgia#738 · 1 in 4,881

Best ever in a state: #173 in Hawaii, 2024.

Show every state
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Maryland#430121 in 2,209
Utah#50581 in 2,541
South Carolina#67151 in 4,200
Arizona#71371 in 4,947
Georgia#738111 in 4,881
Tennessee#75871 in 5,181
North Carolina#78791 in 5,703
Texas#912231 in 7,659
Virginia#96351 in 8,150
Illinois#1,18061 in 10,322
California#1,314141 in 15,408
Florida#1,70151 in 19,335
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Stone
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 130 spots since 2024 (#1,045 → #915)
  • 143 spots since 2020 (#1,058 → #915)
  • 270 spots since 2015 (#1,185 → #915)
  • Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1995 (#1,135 → #842)
  • Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2002 (#692 → #826)
Rise & fade · boys
78 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1997 at #623 (277 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1995–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,620
  • Highest: 1 in 6,620 boys born in 2025 were named Stone (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #623 in 1997, was only 1 in 6,806 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.9% of all boys named Stone (2,060) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#3,391 (1919)#3,391
1920s36#3,532 (1922)#3,811
1930s12#2,854 (1936)#3,248
1940s5#3,560 (1942)#3,560
1950s6#3,452 (1954)#3,452
1960s0——
1970s15#3,370 (1971)#4,215
1980s32#4,527 (1989)#5,292
1990s1,445#623 (1997)#2,044
2000s2,060#692 (2001)#889
2010s1,730#995 (2019)#1,112
2020s1,328#915 (2025)#999

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Stone in 2017

girls
#9,943
10 births · 1 in 172,646 girls
boys
#1,066
185 births · 1 in 10,005 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #9,943Stone10

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,066Stone185
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 172,646 of them was named Stone, which outranked 46.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stone
  1. #9,341Zurisadai11
  2. #9,341Zuriyah11
  3. #9,341Zylie11
  4. #9,943Stone10
  5. #9,943Aadriti10
  6. #9,943Aailyah10
  7. #9,943Aaleigha10
  8. #10,689Aaisha9
  9. #10,689Aania9
  10. #10,689Aashirya9

Tied with 745 names at #9,943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 10,005 of them was named Stone, which outranked 92.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stone
  1. #1,061Tyree187
  2. #1,064Deangelo186
  3. #1,064Hollis186
  4. #1,066Stone185
  5. #1,066Benicio185
  6. #1,066Carsen185
  7. #1,066Jaxtyn185
  8. #1,073Jayvion184
  9. #1,073Karsen184
  10. #1,073Yitzchok184

Tied with 6 names at #1,066; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →